Figure 5. Fragment of rat intervertebral disk. (A) Moderate content of II type collagen in nucleus pulposus 1 month after S. aureus inoculation. (B) Vast gaps lacking of chondroblasts and filled with II type collagen in nucleus pulposus 3 month after S. aureus inoculation. Immunostaining for II type collagen. × 400

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Structural Changes in Intervertebral Discs at Chronic Staphylococcus Aureus Osteomyelitis of the Tibia

Zhurakovsky I. P., Arkhypov S. A., Pustovetova M. G., Kunts T. A.

American Journal of Medicine Studies. 2013, 1(3), 28-31 doi:10.12691/ajms-1-3-4